I kinda want to just have somewhere to post so people say stuff about what I make but at the same time I acknowledge that what I make is useless across all metrics and it never goes past few panels if even that.I'm working full-time (underpaid) in an industry that requires constant learning, so I don't think I can realistically get good at art in the next decade.(been a decade already)Drawing is still one of my many passions so seeing it being completely uninteracted with even by my friends is kind of crushing.(SFW only for friends)Everything else is so much less saturated in media and has so drastically lower barrier of entry that despite going in some of them for a fraction of the time I was drawing I can still get some people to talk.Somebody's gonna come and say>just draw for yourself anonbut I do not chase fame, I only chase a significant social interaction over a hobby.The most I've ever got was "nice" word by word.Every area is plagued by people who are trying to make it a business and finding someone who's not only compatible with you, but also not a social media roach, is almost impossible.I've recently removed every social media in a stroke of insanity. Thinking about starting anew but every way leads nowhere.TLDRI guess it boils down to 3 questions:>How do I get ANYBODY to interact with me consistently and meaningfully?(which is partially "how to make something interesting enough")>I need tips with moving on from singular pictures or one page messy "comics" to actually working on something. I tried a lot but never went past 2 (incomplete) pages.(and without feedback I tend to go insane a lot) I could probably use improving my drawing skills but with my schedule and amount of stuff I do I don't think it's going to work out.>Where do I post/talk to not meet social media roaches outside of here? I could just post here but it always feels like a coinflip and with the amount of pure hate towards begs I don't feel like I should post here yet.
>>7807151>AI slop text
>>7807151OP here. I have genuinely no idea what were you trying to achieve by pasting in an AI generated reply.This text isn't even connected to anything I wrote whatsoever.
>>7807109If picrel is your art, which I'm assuming it is, the problem is that you're not good. If you draw well, people will interact with it.
>>7807586We both know it's not true. Lots of great artists have had issues finding attention.(they usually wanted to turn it into a business, but still)Lots of bad artists found attention regardless of their skill.Unless your metric is something beyond technical skills and you're basically repeating what I asked for, which is "how to make something interesting enough".It's as if something was missing in my brain and makes me unable to comprehend a very essential piece of the puzzle no matter how hard I try.(the "appeal" I guess)
>>78080101. Get unignorably good2. Draw fan art and/or NSFW3. Networknow go do step 1
Do you engage with other beginner artists online in the same way you want people to reach to you? Maybe you should try to create some reciprocal interactions instead of expecting the others to make the first move and approach just cause you're eager for it.You'll probably have to try it a lot of times before finding a compatible person tho.
>>7808011>terrible adviceThis is a speed run method of being shit at art. Might as well use AI and stop fooling yourself if that's the "plan"
>>7808325>>7808011It's easy to just say "get good".It's a composite of all metrics. You can't possibly tell someone that and expect them to know what you meant.Maybe whoever said it assumes appeal to be the main factor of "good" and therefore "technical prowess" is not what they suggested.>2. Draw fan art and/or NSFWI'm not drawing fanart of corporate output. I did draw other people's "OC's" in the past though. Many times even.>3. NetworkIt feels like the generic business advice. I'm tired of running connections for the sole purpose of finding yet other people to interact with me. It's manipulative and gives nothing to the person who I networked through, if you even find anyone to network with or for you.I already do that for many of my hobbies though. It's extremely inefficient in art, just as discovery is extremely dead in art.>>7808158I took a moment to think about it. Initially I wanted to self-critically say no, but then I've looked at the facts. I have been the one initiating and leading every meaningful interaction I did have in art. I drew their OCs not expecting anything in return because I wanted to, I commented meaningfully, I asked them questions about their world and whatever else the drawing pointed at. Most of the time people don't even respond to questions about their own thing despite me being the sole commenter on their less than a day-old post.
